scoring_briefa: Scoring the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executuve Function,...

Description Usage Arguments Details Value References Examples

View source: R/briefa.R

Description

The BRIEF-A is a standardized self-report measure that captures adults' views of their own executive functions, or self-regulation, in their everyday environment.

Usage

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scoring_briefa(
  data,
  items = 1:75,
  keep = TRUE,
  nvalid = list(inhi = 6, shif = 5, emot = 8, self = 5, init = 6, work = 6, plan = 8,
    task = 5, orga = 6),
  digits = NULL,
  age
)

Arguments

data

a data.frame containing the BRIEF-A items orderd from 1 to 75. The data.frame may contain further variables.

items

A character vector with the BRIEF-A item names ordered from 1 to 75, or a numeric vector indicating the column numbers of the BRIEF-A items in data.

keep

Logical, whether to keep the single items and whether to return variables containing the number of non-missing items on each scale for each respondent. The default is TRUE.

nvalid

A named list indicating the number of non-missing items required for score calculations. The defaults are:

  • inhi = 6 (Inhibit Scale)

  • shif = 5 (Shift Scale)

  • emot = 8 (Emotional Control Scale)

  • self = 5 (Self-Monitor Scale)

  • init = 6 (Initiate Scale)

  • work = 6 (Working Memory Scale)

  • plan = 8 (Plan/ Organize Scale)

  • task = 5 (Task Monitor Scale)

  • orga = 6 (Organization of Materials Scale)

digits

Integer of length one: value to round to. No rounding by default.

age

Character vector with name of age variable (numeric)

Details

Value

The function returns 39 variables:

References

Roth, Isquith, Gioia (1996) BRIEF-A. Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function – Adult version. Professional Manual, Lutz (FL): PAR.

Gioia, Isquith (2011) (10.1007/978-0-387-79948-3_1881)

Examples

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## Not run: 
library(dplyr)
items.briefa <- paste0("BRIEF", seq(1, 75, 1))
scoring_briefa(mydata, items = items.briefa, age = 'ALTER')

## End(Not run)

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